The Church at Brook Hills

General Resources

The items below are for potential Small Group Leaders to understand the expectations for being a part of our Small Group Network and to assist current leaders as they lead their Small Groups.

• Deacon Expectations

  Any small group leader that leads a group that we promote or that meets on the Brook Hills campus is considered a deacon and must affirm the Deacon Expectations. We ask that you read and affirm these expectations not as a legalistic exercise but as your intention, by the grace of God given to you, to live according to the standard set forth for leaders in Scripture.

  Download Deacon Expectations (PDF)

• Small Group Leader Profile

  We want to walk with our leaders as they make disciples through small groups. That process of coaching and mentoring begins with us having an informal interview with each potential small group leader. During the interview we will asking the questions and communicating the information found in the Small Group Leader Profile. There is no need for you to fill this out in advance; we just thought you’d like to know what to expect.

  Download the Small Group Leader Profile (PDF)

• Small Group Childcare Voucher

  Leading a small group in your home brings many challenges especially if your group has several children. To help cover the potential expense of hiring a babysitter, we’re offering this childcare voucher to help.

  Download the Childcare Voucher (PDF)

• Small Group Leader Toolbox Instructions

  This “toolbox” is an online interface that allows you to keep track of your group. It is a simple tool to use but you’ll need some instructions to get started. Download and walk through this tutorial and then call us if you have any questions.

  Download the Small Group Leader Toolbox (PDF)

Teaching Resources

A key component of a disciple-making plan is teaching the word of Christ. Teaching takes the form of classical “lecture-style” instruction, facilitating discussion – our primary recommendation, modeling a life of obeying and abiding in Christ, and sharing wisdom through the context of biblical community. These are teaching resources for you to use as you make disciples.

• Recommended Curriculum

  Disciple-making is a long, even tedious, process. You will not find all of the answers or approaches to best disciple others in curriculum, but it can be a helpful tool in the process. These are some of our recommendations. If you would like to use a curriculum not on this list, please discuss your thoughts with one of our Local Adult Disciple-making team members.

  Brook Hills Curriculum

  • Follow Me
  • Abide
  • Humility
  • Wherever Love Leads
  • Awaken
  • The Road
  • Secret Church
    • Old Testament
    • New Testament
    • How to Study the Bible
    • Who Is God
    • Holy Spirit

  New Small Group Recommendations

  • Message Discussion Guide
  • LifeChange Bible Study Series
  • Christianity Explained
  • LifeBible Study
  • LifeWay Explore the Book series

  Intentional Disciple-Making

  • How People Change, by Paul David Trip and Tim Lane
  • Discipleship Essentials by Greg Ogden
  • The God Who Draws Near by Michael Haykin

  Marriage and Family

  • Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas
  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
  • Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel

  Finances

  • Investing in Eternity by David Jeremiah
  • Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey

• Recommended Reading

  Devoting yourself to the word, to prayer, and to the fellowship of believers are key in abiding in Christ. Reading from the spiritual insight and wisdom of others in the universal body of Christ is also extremely helpful. We recommend these additional books for the author’s faithfulness to God’s Word and how they have strengthened our faith.

  Evangelism

  • The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
  • Tell the Truth by Will Metzger
  • Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Speaking Jesus by J. Mack Stiles
  • How to Give Your Faith Away by Paul Little

  Disciple-Making

  • Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden
  • The Lost Art of Disciple-making by LeRoy Eims
  • The Adventure of Discipling Others by John Purvis and Ron Bennett

  Biblical Counseling

  • Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul David Tripp
  • Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison
  • When People are Big and God is Small by Edward Welch

  Theology and Doctrine

  • Systematic Theology, Bible Doctrines, or Christian Beliefs by Wayne Grudem
  • A Survey of the Old Testament by Hill and Walton
  • A Survey of the New Testament by Robert Gundry
  • Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer
  • The ESV Study Bible

  Marriage and Family

  • When Sinners Say I Do by Dave Harvey
  • Strengthening Your Marriage by Wayne Mack
  • Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp
  • What’s the Difference? by John Piper

  Ethics

  • The How and Why of Love by Michael Hill
  • Money, Possessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn

  Christian Apologetics

  • The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel
  • Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis
  • The Reason for God by Tim Keller

• Online Resources

  With literally billions of websites on the Internet from which to choose, who knows what is biblically accurate and Christ honoring? We’ve found that these sites are trustworthy for biblical teaching, godly wisdom, and preparation for teaching the word of Christ.

  Cultural and Theological Resources

  • The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood – www.cbmw.org
  • Between Two Worlds – theologica.blogspot.com

  Bible Study

  • Bible Gateway – www.biblegateway.com
  • Blue Letter Bible – www.blueletterbible.com
  • ESV Study Bible Online – www.esvstudybible.org (must purchase)

• Small Group Leaders Library

  We have a library located on the second floor of the church full of resources you can use in your small groups. Resources include audio and video series, curriculum, Biblical commentaries, and devotional and topical books. All resources must be checked out by contacting Jennifer Beardon at .

• Small Group Guides

Leadership Training & Development

• Turbo Group

  The goal of this eight session training experience called “Turbo Group” is to model small group leadership for potential, new and existing Small Group leaders. The four components of making disciples in small groups – Show the Word, Share the Word, Teach the Word, and Serve the World – will drive the Turbo Group sessions. In addition to learning the philosophy behind small groups at Brook Hills, participants will learn practical teaching methods and practical ways of investing their lives in others. What would normally be experienced over time (6 months to 1 year) in a normal Small Group will be experienced (in part) in eight weeks.

• Vision Nights Notes

• Small Groups First Week Guide